1909 – The Chicago White Sox stole 12 bases, including home plate three times, in a 15

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1909 – The Chicago White Sox stole 12 bases, including home plate three times, in a 15–3 rout of the St. Louis Browns.

1933 – Carl Hubbell of the New York Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals 1–0 in an 18–inning game. He allowed six hits and no walks. In the second game of the doubleheader, the Cardinals were blanked 1–0, with Roy Parmelee outdueling Dizzy Dean.

1941 – Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees hit a home run to extend his consecutive game hitting streak to 45 games, surpassing Willie Keeler's record of 44 straight games for the Orioles in 1897.

1986 – Roger Clemens of the Boston Red Sox fell short of a record–tying 15th consecutive winning decision when the Toronto Blue Jays scored three runs in the eighth inning for a 4–2 victory.

1995 – Hideo Nomo of the Dodgers became the first Japanese player picked for baseball's All–Star Game. Nomo was the NL's leader in strikeouts and second in ERA.

2002 – A record 62 home runs were hit in the major leagues, breaking the mark of 57 set April 7, 2000. Raul Ibanez homered twice for Kansas City, making him the record ninth player to hit at least two in a game. San Francisco's Damon Minor, Tsuyoshi Shinjo and Reggie Sanders each homered twice as the Giants became the 16th team to have three players with multiple homers in a game, an 18–5 win against Colorado.

2007 – Roger Clemens reached a rare milestone, pitching eight innings of two–hit ball to earn his 350th career win and lead the New York Yankees past Minnesota 5–1. Clemens became the first major leaguer to win 350 games since Hall of Famer Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves accomplished the feat in 1963.

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